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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBritain's atheist church to go global
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ECHOING with joyful song and with a congregation bent on leading better lives, this London church is like any other - except there's no mention of God.
Britain's atheist church is barely three months old but it already has more "worshippers" than can fit into its services, while more than 200 non-believers worldwide have contacted organisers to ask how they can set up their own branch.
Officially named The Sunday Assembly, the church was the brainchild of Pippa Evans and Sanderson Jones, two comedians who suspected there might be an appetite for atheist gatherings that borrowed a few aspects of religious worship.
Held in an airy, ramshackle former church in north London, their quirky monthly meetings combine music, speeches and moral pondering with large doses of humour.
Read more: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/britains-atheist-church-to-go-global-and-its-coming-to-australia/story-fneszs56-1226595770888#ixzz2NLgYkm00
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Britain's atheist church to go global (Original Post)
srican69
Mar 2013
OP
My third year high school teacher did this with a one gallon petrol can in the 60s.
SwissTony
Mar 2013
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arely staircase
(12,482 posts)1. i am opening a vegan steakhouse
has't gone global yet, but this gives me hope.
srican69
(1,426 posts)2. DUZY...
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)3. The word "harmless" comes to mind
There is probably a sophisticated critique of this to be made... but why bother?
It's harmless.
jollyreaper2112
(1,941 posts)4. asdf
SwissTony
(2,560 posts)5. My third year high school teacher did this with a one gallon petrol can in the 60s.
It didn't implode as such, just crumpled fairly quickly.
We were very impressed.